5 people shot near Atlanta nightclub hostg Black Gay Pri event

Contents:

• MAN DI AT GAY NIGHTCLUB, PROMPTG OUTRAGE AT PACKED ATLANTA PRI PARTI AMID COVID PANMIC
• THE RISE OF ATLANTA’S BLACK GAY PRI
• 50 YEARS AGO, ATLANTA’S GAY RIGHTS PH TOOK TO STREET FOR FIRST TIME
• 5 PEOPLE SHOT NEAR ATLANTA NIGHTCLUB HOSTG BLACK GAY PRI EVENT

MAN DI AT GAY NIGHTCLUB, PROMPTG OUTRAGE AT PACKED ATLANTA PRI PARTI AMID COVID PANMIC

Atlanta is often referred to as the gay pal of the South due to s progrsive reputatn, highly visible and robt LGBT muny, vibrant LGBT nightlife culture, and a growg number of LGBT people relotg to the cy. Here’s a look back at some key moments that shaped the cy’s LGBTQ muny over the last five 1969 – Atlanta police raid the Ansley Mall Mi Cema Midtown durg a showg of Andy Warhol’s “Lonome Cowboys, ” a wtern satire that featur gay sex scen. ” The raid, together wh New York Cy’s Stonewall rts six weeks earlier, is the talyst for Atlanta’s gay rights 1971 – More than 100 activists assemble Midtown for Atlanta’s first gay pri march to mark the two-year anniversary of Stonewall.

THE RISE OF ATLANTA’S BLACK GAY PRI

Led by members of the Geia Gay Liberatn Front, which formed rponse to the Ansley raid and other police harassment, participants ph for an end to sodomy laws and discrimatn the workplace, hog and other 1972 – A group of lbian activists form the Atlanta Lbian Femist Alliance, a group that would bee a powerful force the cy’s LGBTQ muny for 1976 – Mayor Maynard Jackson issu Atlanta’s first “Gay Pri Day” proclamatn. ”June 1978 – An appearance by Ana Bryant, the sger and activist who opposed gay rights, at the Southern Baptist Conventn attracts several thoand protters to Atlanta’s World Congrs Center and revigorat the cy’s LGBTQ liberatn movement.

Explore50 years ago, Atlanta’s gay rights ph took to street for first time1982- AID Atlanta, an agency that provis HIV/AIDS-related servic and tn, opens. In his ncurrg opn, then-Chief Jtice Warren Burger wrote that “to hold that the act of homosexual sodomy is somehow protected as a fundamental right would be to st asi lennia of moral teachg. ”Cred: The Atlanta Journal-ConstutnCred: The Atlanta Journal-ConstutnAugt 1993 – Cobb County adopts a rolutn llg homosexualy “patible wh the standards to which this muny subscrib.

50 YEARS AGO, ATLANTA’S GAY RIGHTS PH TOOK TO STREET FOR FIRST TIME

Ls than a year later, unr prsure om gay rights advot, the Atlanta Commtee for the Olympic Gam announced was pullg volleyball gam out of Cobb County rponse to the 1996 – A gatherg of Black LGBTQ iends Piedmont Park sparks what eventually be Atlanta Black Pri, an annual Labor Day weekend ftival that now draws upwards of 10, 000 people to the cy for arts, cultural and tnal events. ExploreFlashback Photos: Atlanta's Gay Pri march through the yearsNovember 1998 – Geia’s Supreme Court strik down the state’s 165-year-old sodomy law. 2014 – Activists lnch Southern Fried Queer Pri, which foc on empowerg queer and trans people of lor through the 2015 – Gay marriage is legalized for the first time Geia after the Supreme Court l that the Constutn’s equal protectn and due procs cls protect same-sex 2016 – Then-Gov.

ExploreDrag, dgs and dis: When Atlanta was a center of the gay revolutnJune 2020 – The Supreme Court, a 6-3 cisn, l that employers nnot fire LGBTQ workers bee of their sexual orientatn or genr inty. topletetopleteFiltersDateCategoryFormatPriceLanguageCurrencyMost popular matchNew Jersey Gay Pri 2023Sun, Sep 10 • 12:00 PM Cooper River ParkNew Jersey Gay Pri 2023Sun, Sep 10 • 12:00 PM Cooper River ParkGAY PRIDE UNDERGROUND URBAN PARTYSat, Aug 5 • 2:00 PM Spaklerweg 1GAY PRIDE UNDERGROUND URBAN PARTYSat, Aug 5 • 2:00 PM Spaklerweg 1Miss & Mr Dayton Gay Pri 2023 PageantSat, Sep 2 • 10:00 PM 20 N Jefferson StMiss & Mr Dayton Gay Pri 2023 PageantSat, Sep 2 • 10:00 PM 20 N Jefferson StLadi at Play's SaturDAY Party Labor Day Wknd Atlanta Black Gay Pri '23Sat, Sep 2 • 5:00 PM Tongue & GrooveLadi at Play's SaturDAY Party Labor Day Wknd Atlanta Black Gay Pri '23Sat, Sep 2 • 5:00 PM Tongue & GrooveHistory of Black Gay Atlanta Annual Awards Weekend 2023Fri, Aug 25 • 6:00 PM Natnal Center for Civil and Human RightsHistory of Black Gay Atlanta Annual Awards Weekend 2023Fri, Aug 25 • 6:00 PM Natnal Center for Civil and Human RightsAtlanta Black Pri - Labor Day Rock 23 Party PassWed, Aug 30 • 6:00 PM The Starlg Atlanta Midtown, Cur Collectn by HiltonAtlanta Black Pri - Labor Day Rock 23 Party PassWed, Aug 30 • 6:00 PM The Starlg Atlanta Midtown, Cur Collectn by HiltonAtlanta Black Pri For Men 2023Thu, Aug 31 • 5:00 PM Future AtlantaAtlanta Black Pri For Men 2023Thu, Aug 31 • 5:00 PM Future AtlantaTaste: Lbian Pri Weekend 2023Wed, Aug 30 • 8:00 PM MSR Lbian BarTaste: Lbian Pri Weekend 2023Wed, Aug 30 • 8:00 PM MSR Lbian BarATLANTA BLACK PRIDE KICKOFF PARTY _ LGBTQ CARIBBEAN FETEFri, Sep 1 • 9:00 PM 3333 Peachtree Rd NEATLANTA BLACK PRIDE KICKOFF PARTY _ LGBTQ CARIBBEAN FETEFri, Sep 1 • 9:00 PM 3333 Peachtree Rd NEAtlanta Black Pri For Men 2023Fri, Sep 1 • 11:30 PM Embassy Su by Hilton Atlanta BuckheadAtlanta Black Pri For Men 2023Fri, Sep 1 • 11:30 PM Embassy Su by Hilton Atlanta BuckheadATLANTA BLACK PRIDE VIP ALL ACCESS PASSFri, Sep 1 • 9:00 PM Embassy Su by Hilton Atlanta BuckheadATLANTA BLACK PRIDE VIP ALL ACCESS PASSFri, Sep 1 • 9:00 PM Embassy Su by Hilton Atlanta BuckheadALL ACCESS PARTY PASS ATLANTA BLACK PRIDE WEEKEND 2023Wed, Aug 30 • 12:00 PM AtlantaALL ACCESS PARTY PASS ATLANTA BLACK PRIDE WEEKEND 2023Wed, Aug 30 • 12:00 PM AtlantaAtlanta Black Pri- Classy Affair: All Whe Party Wh A Splash Of ColorSat, Sep 2 • 9:00 PM TAGO Event Center DunwoodyAtlanta Black Pri- Classy Affair: All Whe Party Wh A Splash Of ColorSat, Sep 2 • 9:00 PM TAGO Event Center DunwoodyALT: Bubble BashSun, Aug 6 • 4:00 PM Wtsi Motor LoungeALT: Bubble BashSun, Aug 6 • 4:00 PM Wtsi Motor LoungeATLANTA BLACK PRIDE: PRIDE PASSFri, Sep 1 • 9:00 PM Embassy Su by Hilton Atlanta BuckheadATLANTA BLACK PRIDE: PRIDE PASSFri, Sep 1 • 9:00 PM Embassy Su by Hilton Atlanta BuckheadBlaq ATL: Queer KaraokeThursday • 6:00 PM186 Auburn Ave NEBlaq ATL: Queer KaraokeThursday • 6:00 PM186 Auburn Ave NEA Night OUT: You'll Have a Gay Ol' Time!

As we know that many of the gay BIPOC aren’t always reprented our cy's history, we ve you to share rmatn on the LGBTQ+ grant/Historic Context Statement on your social media channels to help intify Black spac and plac that were important to the gay muni. A natnal event signed to une the Lbian, Gay, Bisexual Transgenr, Qutng, Intersex and Asexual (LGBTQIA+) muny their iends, fai and many supporters.

5 PEOPLE SHOT NEAR ATLANTA NIGHTCLUB HOSTG BLACK GAY PRI EVENT

Atlanta, Geia has one of the largt and diverse Ain-Amerin Lbian, Gay, Bisexual Transgenr, Qutng, Intersex and Asexual (LGBTQIA+) populatns the Uned Stat. To learn more about our ATL’s risk-takg change makers and historic moments beyond the Pri Para, we enurage you to explore the Atlanta Lbian and Gay History Thg llectn, the Geia LGBTQ Archiv Project, the Touchg Up Our Roots oral history project, and other rourc listed below this article.

The ant actns of Atlanta Police Augt 1969 galvanized the cy’s movement and led to the foundatn of the Geia Gay Liberatn Front, Atlanta’s first gay activist group to ga polil tractn.

” (In 1993 Jackson proclaimed the full week of June 21-27 “Lbian and Gay Pri/Human Rights Week” Atlanta—the mancript for which is hoed at Atlanta History Center’s Kenan Rearch Center.